FF:AJ22065 Semantics of the English Verb - Course Information
AJ22065 Semantics of the English Verb
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2003
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková - Timetable
- Fri 7:30–9:05 41
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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- Course objectives
- - Vendler's time schemata - states, actions, accomplishments, achievements - verbal aspect - the dichotomy 'telicity' versus 'atelicity' - semantic multivalence of English verbs - internal semantic structure of English verbs - componential analysis - English verbs in middle constructions
- Syllabus
- The seminar deals with some of the problems of the semantics and syntax of the English verb, taking into consideration the functionalist and structuralist view. The seminar uses as its starting point Zeno Vendler's classification of verbs, which is largely based on the time schemata in which English verbs occur. In the analysis of English verbs the method of componential analysis will also be employed (the total meaning of the lexeme is seen in terms of a number of distinct components of meaning). This is an investigative seminar, aimed at encouraging an active approach of students toward the subject matter.
- Literature
- DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny : na pozadí češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1988, 673 p. info
- QUIRK, Randolph. A comprehensive grammar of the English language. Edited by David Crystal. London: Longman, 1985, x, 1779. ISBN 9780582517349. info
- DANEŠ, František. Věta a text : studie ze syntaxe spisovné češtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1985, 234 s. URL info
- VENDLER, Zeno. Linguistics in philosophy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Seminar; Assessment: a written test at the end of the course.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught each semester.
Credit evaluation note: 2 původní kredity.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2003, recent)
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